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A crowded street procession in an Indian town, with a large golden ratha or palanquin-style float at centre carrying a golden deity murti under a red-and-gold ornate umbrella. Attendants in white clothes stand on the float beside flower garlands of pink and white blooms draped along its red base. Red flags and red-and-pink umbrellas surround the float, and a dense crowd of devotees and onlookers lines the street, many holding up phones to photograph. Market stalls and colourful bunting appear along the roadside, with a tall banner in the background.

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April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a crowded Indian town, with many people in the road and along the pavements. In the foreground, a large golden palanquin topped with a deity murti decorated with a yellow garland is carried by bare-chested men in white dhotis. Red flags and multicoloured umbrellas in blue, orange, pink and red shade the procession. Saffron and white clad marchers, some in white turbans, walk beside the carriage. A tall vertical banner shows a standing robed figure in orange against a rainbow background. Strings of bunting cross above the street, and shopfronts line the route.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A dense street procession moves through a crowded market road lined with stalls and tall signboards. Many white-clad men and women in orange and saffron garments walk in front of a line of ceremonial umbrellas in yellow, red, deep blue and maroon with beaded fringes. Red flags on poles rise above the crowd, and uniformed police officers in khaki stand along the route behind yellow barricades. Spectators press against the barriers, some holding up phones. A tall painted banner of a standing figure hangs above the street. The scene reads as a festival or temple procession on a city road.2016-04-18A dense street procession in a crowded Indian city. On a decorated open vehicle, a man in a white dhoti stands beside a bare-chested priest wearing orange cloth and a rudraksha-style garland, while a shaved-headed figure in orange sits under a gold canopy. Two large orange umbrellas and marigold garlands frame the float, and red flags flutter along its sides. A golden palanquin carrying seated figures in orange travels ahead. Uniformed police line the road, and a crowd of onlookers presses behind yellow barricades, many holding up phones to film.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A crowded street procession in an Indian market town. Red flags flank a decorated golden palanquin with a canopy at the top left, while in the foreground a red-draped float carries three deity murtis garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds and white flowers. Several men in white dhotis and orange-red shawls walk and sit beside the float. Thick crowds line the street, many holding up phones to film; shops with striped awnings and a large red-and-yellow umbrella line the right side. Ratha-style procession with flower-decorated float and kalasha-topped palanquin.2016-04-18April 18 20162016-04-18A crowded street procession in an Indian city. A decorated float with a golden canopy and yellow umbrellas carries a figure garlanded with marigold and flower strands, with red flags fluttering beside it. A saffron-robed sadhu with orange garlands stands near the float, and a man in a grey shirt stands on the float. Police in khaki uniforms with lathis hold back dense crowds lining the street, many with raised hands. Red tractor and a second decorated vehicle are visible. Shops with colourful banners and flower stalls line the road.2016-04-18A dense outdoor street procession in a crowded Indian town. A large golden palanquin with a navy-blue canopy and red floral garlands is carried through the street, with a figure in saffron-orange and white cloth standing on it. Around it, men in white dhotis and white caps walk, and a man in white shirt and red shawl gestures. Many red and yellow umbrellas and red flags on poles fill the scene above a large crowd of onlookers, some holding phones. A flag reading Australia is visible, and a tall painted banner of a saint stands in the background beside shops and a Pritam signboard.2016-04-18